ANNONCER
In a letter from the Faroese Fisheries Minister Jacob Vestergaard, he wrote the following in response to Damanaki’s visit to the Faroe Islands, where the European fisheries commissioner, among other things had suggested similar quotas for mackerel for both Iceland and the Faroe Islands.
Vònin introduces their new fishing catalogue.
Rolls-Royce announced today that it has signed a contract for the delivery of design and equipment for a live fish carrier, to be built at the Tersan shipyard in Turkey for Faroese ship owner Bakkafrost.
Queen scallops from the Faroe Islands have won the coveted blue MSC ecolabel after a 14 month independent assessment by certifier Vottunarstofan Tún ehf. The certification follows a five year effort by fishery managers to win MSC certification for their fishery.
People from the Faroe Marine Research Institute made a research trip with Finnur Fríði to see how big the Mackerel stock is in Faroese waters.
Fishing gear and aquaculture equipment have been Vónin’s core business, but the offshore segment is steadily becoming a more and more important part of Vónin’s business.
The MSC certificate for the Faroese Pelagic Organisation (FPO) Atlanto-Scandian herring fishery has been suspended today by certifier Det Norske Veritas (DNV).
Vónin made a company excursion for all the employees together with their families to Kallsoy, which is one of the northern islands in Faroe Islands.
Cuno Møller Jensen has been appointed as managing director at Qalut Vónin to start on 1st of September 2013.
The large Faroese trawler Slættaberg has just landed 600 tonnes of blue whiting in Klaksvik the Faroe Islands and other Faroese trawlers rigs now on to fishing.